Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Poems

Distracted by the unexpected
Arrival of cooing, nest building

Mourning doves in our twinned
Cypresses, I set down

An anthology of Poems Inspired
By the Life and Work

Of William Carlos Williams and try
Excitedly to capture

The moment that is about
To fly away until I hear

A soft whooshing sound
And turn to see that

One has landed and is now
Looking for twigs

A scant few feet away.


NB: A companion piece to this poem can be viewed here and the photograph which preceded the poems here.

4 comments:

  1. nice combination: birdwatcher and poet. looking forward to cyclist and poet

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  2. The mourning doves have the most haunting and poetic call, especially in the early morning just after the sun rises. So sad and so beautiful. Thanks for this poem.

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  3. I'm glad this one touched you, Paul; thanks for letting me know.

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